Sewell Park Academy

General Info

Education Phase
Secondary
Ofsted rating
Good
May 5 2022 Ofsted report
Gender
Mixed
Age range
11 - 16 y.o.
Type
Academies
Funding
State-funded secondary
Admissions policy
Non-selective
Religious Character
Does not apply
Sixth Form
Does not have a sixth form
Local authority
Norfolk
Unique reference
142058
Address
St Clement's Hill, NR3 4BX

Pupils

Number of Pupils
778 (60% of total capacity)
Boys
48.6%
Girls
51.4%
First language not English
25.6%
Free school meals (FSM)
39.7%
Persistent absence
29.0%
Special education needs (SEN)
17.0%
Pupil ethnicities
White British 70.4%
Other White 11.4%
Mixed 4.9%
African 4.4%
Unclassified 2.8%
Bangladeshi 2.2%
Other 1.7%
Other Asian 1%
Other Black 0.6%
Indian 0.3%
Gypsy/Roma 0.1%
Caribbean 0.1%
Chinese 0.1%
Capacity %: Year 2022-2023 Persistent absence and other Pupils data: Year 2023-2024

Exam Results

GCSE Results

Progress 8 score

This school
-0.48
Local authority average, state-funded schools
-0.01
England average, state-funded schools
-0.03

Entering EBacc

School 14%
Local authority average 42%
England average 39%

Grade 5 or above in English & maths GCSEs

School 27%
Local authority average 42%
England average 45%

Attainment 8 score

School 37.3
Local authority average 44.7
England average 46.3

EBacc average point score

School 2.99
Local authority average 3.97
England average 4.05
Year 2022-2023

Subjects

GCSE Subjects

SubjectQualificationNumber of entries
Music performance: GroupTechnical Award8
ArabicGCSE1
Art & Design (Textiles)GCSE14
Art & Design (Fine Art)GCSE1
Art & DesignGCSE38
BiologyGCSE21
ChemistryGCSE21
Design & TechnologyGCSE35
English LanguageGCSE101
English LiteratureGCSE102
Year 2022-2023

Admissions

Sewell Park Academy

Admission Policy
Non-selective
Total available places
155
Status
Not oversubscribed
This school is Not Oversubscribed because there were fewer 1st preference applications than available places.

Applications

1st preference
146
2nd preference
78
3rd preference
32
From another Local Authority
1
Breakdown of applications made to this school within the deadline (in-year applications are excluded)

Offers

1st preference
145
2nd preference
8
3rd preference
2
To another Local Authority
0
Breakdown of offers made on National Offer Day (in-year applications are excluded)
Year 2024-2025

Class sizes

Class typeClass size
Average size of one-teacher classes23.4
Year 2023-2024

Cohort sizes

Class type
Total
Boys
Girls
Year 7
174
81
93
Year 8
158
81
77
Year 9
154
82
72
Year 10
157
73
84
Year 11
135
61
74
Year 2023-2024

Participation in Education, Training, Employment

Destinations after GCSEs
School
LA
England
Staying in education
74.0%
85.0%
86.5%
Further education
63.0%
41.4%
34.7%
School sixth form
10.0%
35.3%
37.9%
Sixth form college
0.0%
7.4%
13.1%
Other education destinations
1.0%
0.8%
0.9%
Entering employment
7.0%
5.0%
3.9%
Entering apprenticeships
4.0%
3.6%
3.4%
Not in education or employment
13.0%
5.7%
5.2%
Destination unknown
2.0%
0.7%
1.0%
School: Year 2022-2023 Local authority: Year 2021-2022 England: Year 2021-2022

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